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Could this be stress or HSV-2?
I had an encounter with an HSV-2 positive woman of 20 years.
Received and given unprotected oral
Protected vaginal sex
She was completely straightforward about her disease and said she had no symptoms during, or anytime before we were together. No visible sores during of the days following.
She had taken 2 days of antivirals prior to our meeting.
Condom for sexual intercourse.
That evening I had a bothersome rash at the base of my penis that could only be described as "icyhot" for 2 days. At the end of that the icy hot feeling moved to either side of my frenulum where I see two red "marks." roughly the size of an eraser. These marks have persisted for 4 days with no change.
Curiously, the discomfort gets worse as the day progresses. When I wake up in the morning I feel almost normal and at various points in the day I don't notice it. Others I feel a pretty intense burning where the red marks are.
Additionally my lips are extremely chapped and have been for 3 days without any change. None of the chapping seems particularly concentrated in any area.
I should say I've been incredibly stressed about this... But have no other symptoms of any kind.
That being said:
-Could this be anything else than a herpes considering the painful redness has not progressed into lesions over 4 days? Could it be stress?
-Are severely chapped lips a sign that Oral HSV-2 may be possible?
-Is it possible prodrome symptoms last unchanged for 4 days without progressing in any way for an initial outbreak?
I'm currently traveling abroad for another week and debating going to a clinic. I'd like to be on antivirals as soon as possible if it is HSV-2, but not sure they'd even prescribe seeing as there are no visible symptoms aside from redness, and my pain/burning. So stuck in limbo waiting for the other shoe to drop and develop lesions, or nothing at all. Everything I've read says redness is usually turned into blister within 72 hours.
Thank you for your help!!
Received and given unprotected oral
Protected vaginal sex
She was completely straightforward about her disease and said she had no symptoms during, or anytime before we were together. No visible sores during of the days following.
She had taken 2 days of antivirals prior to our meeting.
Condom for sexual intercourse.
That evening I had a bothersome rash at the base of my penis that could only be described as "icyhot" for 2 days. At the end of that the icy hot feeling moved to either side of my frenulum where I see two red "marks." roughly the size of an eraser. These marks have persisted for 4 days with no change.
Curiously, the discomfort gets worse as the day progresses. When I wake up in the morning I feel almost normal and at various points in the day I don't notice it. Others I feel a pretty intense burning where the red marks are.
Additionally my lips are extremely chapped and have been for 3 days without any change. None of the chapping seems particularly concentrated in any area.
I should say I've been incredibly stressed about this... But have no other symptoms of any kind.
That being said:
-Could this be anything else than a herpes considering the painful redness has not progressed into lesions over 4 days? Could it be stress?
-Are severely chapped lips a sign that Oral HSV-2 may be possible?
-Is it possible prodrome symptoms last unchanged for 4 days without progressing in any way for an initial outbreak?
I'm currently traveling abroad for another week and debating going to a clinic. I'd like to be on antivirals as soon as possible if it is HSV-2, but not sure they'd even prescribe seeing as there are no visible symptoms aside from redness, and my pain/burning. So stuck in limbo waiting for the other shoe to drop and develop lesions, or nothing at all. Everything I've read says redness is usually turned into blister within 72 hours.
Thank you for your help!!
Your rash came on way to early to be hsv or any std.
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may be hsv
care to elaborate?
Disregard thar last posters comment. He won't be able to elaborate as I've been helping him through his high anxiety hsv issue. Like i said this all came on way to fast to be std related.
Your exposure was a very low risk. None of your symptoms concern me for hsv. Contracting oral hsv2 is very uncommon and your chapped lips are in no way hsv related. Your genital symptoms in the absence of lesions are extremely unlikely to be herpes related and the condom offered excellent protection. New study's have shown condoms to be over 90% effective. Your odds of unprotected single sexual encounter is 1 in a 1000 for a known positive partner. Add a condom to this and that drops so low it doesn't warrent concern. All in all i don't suspect hsv at all and your first symptoms happened way to fast to be any std. I believe your stress is not helping either.
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I sincerely appreciate the response. I've spoken with my partner and we're both in shock. She's had 3 partners in 20 years with no transmissions.
The burning and pain is so specific under the tip of my penis, and the red marks seem like tell tale signs. Just nothing else is happening! I'll hold fast for the time being and report back if anything progresses so others can learn from the thread. And I'll hold off on the clinic until it goes one way or another.
Thank you!
The burning and pain is so specific under the tip of my penis, and the red marks seem like tell tale signs. Just nothing else is happening! I'll hold fast for the time being and report back if anything progresses so others can learn from the thread. And I'll hold off on the clinic until it goes one way or another.
Thank you!
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
